Preparing IS professionals for a rapidly changing world: the challenge for IS educators

ABSTRACT

IS professionals must possess a broad range of skills in order to contribute to organizations experiencing rapid changes in both organizational structures and processes and information systems technologies. This paper considers the kinds of skills provided by traditional approaches to IS education and discusses the shortcomings of those approaches. It proposes a model for IS teaching to support the needs of future IS professionals, focusing on the process by which we deliver IS education.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.1 MODELS AND PRINCIPLES
      H.1.2 User/Machine Systems
          Subjects: Human factors

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education
          Subjects: Information systems education
  K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY

General Terms:
Human Factors, Management